Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with a drawing of plants on the left page and Japanese writing on the right page. The book is open to two pages. The left page has a black line border and contains a black and white drawing of several plants with leaves and flowers. The right page has a black line border, some Japanese writing in black ink, and a blank space where text or an image could be. The pages are yellowed and have some darker spots and lines on them. The book is set against a black background. The book appears to have a traditional Japanese style.